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Glimpses of our National Monuments

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  • 38 OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS Twain, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many others have enjoyed the hospitality of Morpheus under its roof. The trip from San Francisco and other bay points is one of the most delightful in the West. First the ferry ride to Sausalito, passing part of San Francisco's famous water front, Alcatraz and Angel Islands, with a view out the Golden Gate, and then by electric train or automobile to Mill Valley. From Mill Valley motorists may make the run to Muir Woods, where parking space is provided, as cars are not allowed in the monument. Other visitors use the steam train with its especially geared mountain engine over the " Crook- edest Railroad in the World" to Muir Woods and the summit of Mount Tamalpais, altitude 2,600 feet above San Francisco Bay. Returning from the mountain, some of the trips are made in gravity cars. Constantly changing views, from the summit of Mount Tamalpais, and an unsurpassed panorama of San Francisco, the bay region, the Pacific Ocean, and Golden Gate are features of this delightful trip to Muir Woods National Monument. John T. Needham is custodian of Muir Woods National Monument, with headquarters at Mill Valley, California. NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT Three natural rock bridges of great size and beauty, occurring within a few miles of one another near the head of White Canyon, are included in this monument located in San Juan County, Utah. The monument was created by presidential proclamation dated April 16, 1908, and was enlarged and the boundaries defined by proclamations of September 25, 1909, and February 11, 1916. The total area of the Natural Bridges National Monument at present is about 2,740 acres. The Owanchomo (Rock Mound Bridge), so called from the conical rock mound upon it, is probably the oldest, for it has been carved and chiseled by erosion until its span is comparatively a narrow strip of rock. Viewed at a distance, one is surprised that it supports its own weight. It is the smallest of the three bridges, and yet it has a span of 194 feet, being 35 feet wide on top but only 10 feet thick in the center. It rises 108 feet above the stream bed of a short, unnamed canyon at its confluence with Armstrong Canyon. This is locally known as the Edwin Bridge. Three miles down Armstrong Canyon, at its junction with White Canyon, the Kachina or, as it is better known, Caroline Bridge, is reached. A symbol carved on this bridge, recognized as that of the Kachina, the sacred dancers of the Hopi Indians, gives it its
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